Toy.



B. O. WAKEFIELD.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.27,1913.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914 INVENTOR W I TN E 8 8 E 8 ATTORNEYS BURDET'IE 0.WAKEFIELD, OF ROGERS, ARKANSAS.

TOY.

Application filed December 27, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bunnnrrn O. WAKE- FIELD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Rogers, in the county of Benton and State ofArkansas, have made an Improvement in Toys, of which the following is aspecification. a

My invention is a toy or amusement de vice, having preferably the formof a diminutive carp or sucker, and adapted to be worn as an appendageof a watch chain or as a badge or carried in the pocket. A ribbon iswound on a roller or drum j ournaled in the hollow body of the device,and in practice it bears photographs or other pictures of persons,land-scapes or other things, or is provided with printed matter of anydesired character.

The ribbon roller is spring retracted, and releasable means are providedfor locking the roller whenthe ribbon is drawn off. The means forreleasing the roller when it is de sired to rewind the ribbon thereoninclude pushpins and other devices, which are located in the head of thehollow fish-like body and ma be depressed, and are operated by laterapressure.

The details of construction of the device are hereinafter described withreference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a ersective view of the device with the hinge portion of the body shown open.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a modified form of the device. Fig 3is a cross section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail viewillustrating the means for lockingthe spring door or cover of thecompartment in whch the ribbon roller is arranged. Figs. 5 and 6 arecross sections on the lines 5-5 and 6 -6 of Fig. 2 respectively.

As before intimated, the hollow body of the device preferably simulatesa small carp or sucker, but is is to be understood that the invention isnot necessarily restricted to this particular form, but may have variousothers. As shown in Fig. 2, there are three chief parts or compartmentsindicated by 123, the same being formed by transverse partitions 4 and5. In the central and longer chamber or compartment 2, is arranged adrum or roller 6, on which is wound a rib bon 7 the latter having, atits free end, a metal bar 8 provided with a central loop, and its endsprojecting from the side edges of the ribbon in such manner that whenthe Specification of Letters Patent.

. on the ribbon.

Serial N0. 808,974.

ribbon is wound wholly upon theroller, the ends of the bar lie innotches formed in the flanges of the drum, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and6. A retracting ribbon spring 9 (see Figs. 2 and 5) is applied to theroller 6 in such manner as to normally retract or wind Theprojectingrear end of the roller shaft is provided with a lateral prong,6 and serves as a thumb-and-finger piece forrotating the roller. Aratchet wheel 10 is fixed on the front end of the roller, as indicatedin Figs. 2 and 3, and a pivoted )ring pawl, shown at 11, whichis rightangular or elbow-shaped, engages the ratchet, as shown. The pawl is heldnormally engaged with the ratchet by means of a splral compressionspring 12, and it may be released from the ratchet by pressing uponslidable pin 13, which rejects through the shell of the device and as anenlarged conical head. Directly opposite this push pin 13, that is tosay, on the opposite side of a the fish-like body, is arranged anotherpush pin 14E,wh1ch bears upon a pivoted elbow lever. 15 that isconnected with and serves to operate a slidable bar 16 (see Fig. 4;),whose.

free end is adapted to enter a perforation in a lug 17 formed on thehinged portion 18 of the shell or body of the device (see Fig. 1).

The lug of the hinged ortion 18 is adapted to enter a recess in tilbody, which is indicated at 19, Fig. 1. The locking rod 16 is adapted toslide in a guideway, which will be understood by reference to Figs. 1and 4.. The rod is normally projected into locking engagement by meansof the aforementioned spiral spring 12 (see Figs. 1, 3 and 1), which isarranged between the levers 11 and 15, as shown best in Fig. 3.

The fish-like body of the device may be divided in halves, lengthwise,as indicated at w, or, what may be a preferable construction, the bodyis provided with a hinged door or side portion 18. A plate spring 21(see Figs. 1 and 6) is attached to the inner side of the body and itsfree end bears slidably against the inner side of the door or hingedportion 18, and thus tends to normally throw it open when released, bypressing upon the slidable pin 14;, which effects the withdrawal of thelocking rod 16. It will be seen that by the construction and arrangementof the slidable pins, they are in the same )osition relative to thefish-like body as the eyes of the natural fish, and that by depressing;

one, the locking pawl of the ratchet on the e underside of the Patented.Nov. 24, 1914.

ribbon roller may be released from engagement, and, by pressing upon theother, the door or cover of the ribbon chamber or compartment may beopened.

As before intimated, it is intended that.

a spring-controlled door, a sprlng-operatmg reel arranged 1n Silld'container, together 15 with ratchet-and-pawl mechanism for looking thereel against the tension of its spring, and a push-pin arranged slidablyin the side of the container and operatively connected With the pawl,for releasing it from the 20 ratchet, as described.

BURDETTE O. W AKEFIELD.

Witnesses: v

PERRY N. CLARK, ORA F. CI-IAPIN.

G'opi esof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing'the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. C."

